The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Systems Support in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Yorkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Systems Support
Rank - 111 87
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Support 0 1 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire - 0.045% 0.601%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.047% 0.641%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £250 £329
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -23.95%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £219 £288
% change year-on-year
+37.14% -23.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £18.75 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-25.33% +25.00%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1750 2113 1716
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 94.19% 94.58% 93.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 1127 810
Average daily rate £315 £335 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £185 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 116 120
Average hourly rate £12.88 £15.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.16% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £7.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £32.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Systems Support
England

Systems Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Support across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Yorkshire Systems Support Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Support
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Systems Support across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Systems Support Daily Rate Trend

Systems Support
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Systems Support across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Systems Support Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Support
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Systems Support in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Systems Support in their job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Agresso
2 2 (40.00%) NHS
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Document Management

Systems Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Systems Support in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Systems Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Agresso
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) NHS
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Yorkshire and the Humber
The Support Analyst must be able to demonstrate the following:*Strong IT skills, especially MS Office*Advanced knowledge of MS Excel (2007 onwards)*Ideally experience in support, e...
Amoria Bond
Posted: 25 May 2013